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Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. (Proverbs 31:8-9)
SEPTEMBER 2020
3 billion people can't wash their hands in COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how we plan to help By Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Darin LaHood USA Today
AUGUST 2020
Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm the developing world By Michael Gerson
JULY 2020
Support grows for foreign aid in upcoming COVID-19 emergency bill By Rachel Oswald
Mandela Day 2020 – The Fight To End Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Still Continues by Joy Ruwodo
How controlling neglected tropical diseases can curb COVID-19 By Maria Rebollo Polo
Faith leaders ask Congress to boost overseas pandemic aid By Catholic News Service
MAY 2020
The US should be a leader in the global fight against Covid-19 By Tom Daschle and Dr. Bill Frist CNN
Opinion: The coronavirus response needs local communities and faith leaders By Ruth Faber, Shahin Ashraf, Floris Faber, and Silvia Sinibaldi Devex
APRIL 2020
The Dalai Lama on Earth Day: COVID-19 is ‘a lesson in universal responsibility’ Religion News Service
MARCH 2020
To fight the coronavirus, wash your hands and support clean water access around the world By Susan K. Barnett USA Today
Western governments told to suspend debt interest amid Covid-19 By Richard Partington The Guardian
FEBRUARY 2020
Higher power to deliver: The overlooked nexus between religion and development By Paul M. Bisca and Rebekka Grun Brookings
Stop coronavirus and the next epidemic by establishing a health security fund now By Amanda Glassman, Carolyn Reynolds, and Beth Cameron The Hill
DECEMBER 2019
The Great American Food Aid Boondoggle By Katrin Park Foreign Policy
AUGUST 2019
Trump Administration Drops Proposal to Cut Foreign Aid After Intense Debate By Edward Wong, Annie Karni and Emily Cochrane The New York Times
7 Ways USAID Supports Breastfeeding By Kate Consavage Medium
JULY 2019
In Fragile States, Disease Outbreaks Don’t Stay Local for Long By Shannon Kellman and Mark P. Lagon Foreign Policy
Bill Frist: Lessons not learned in Congo's Ebola outbreak Fox News
MAY 2019
5 Things to Know About US Global Health Funding for FY 2020 By Katie Coester, Emily Conron, Danielle Heiberg
APRIL 2019
Improved water, sanitation and hygiene facilities attract more hospital deliveries By Proscovia Nakibuuka Mbonye, UNICEF
FEBRUARY 2019
Prayer Breakfast a time to remember vital role of American foreign assistance By Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rev. Samuel Rodriguez Fox News
DECEMBER 2018
Water wars won’t be won on a battlefield By Sen. Bill Frist The Hill
OCTOBER 2018
Health is in our hands By Carolyn Moore, secretariat director of the Global Handwashing Partnership The Hill
The Chicken or The Egg: Hand Hygiene Infrastructure vs. Behaviors in Healthcare Facilities By Lindsay Denny Crowd360
AUGUST 2018
Make water a top global priority. It's the best, cheapest way to save lives By Sen. Bill Frist USA Today
Lowering the refugee ceiling would be an abandonment of American leadership By Rev. John L. McCullough The Hill
JULY 2018
Children and organs shouldn't be up for sale By Rev. Cameron Trimble The Hill
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Complexities of Ending 500 Years of Prostitution By Gary Edmonds The Christian Post
Family planning is crucial for those in the developing world By Susan Barnett The Hill
Undermining breastfeeding is a tragedy for the poor By Gary Edmonds The Hill
JUNE 2018
What makes America great? The possibility for a new start and a new life By Pastor Jason Lief, Office of Social Justice in the Christian Reformed Church, North America The Des Moines Register
Bishop Pates: Help farmers in developing nations feed schoolchildren By Richard Pates The Des Moines Register
MAY 2018
U.S. foreign aid is our country's most cost-effective budget allocation By Kurt Meyer The Des Moines Register
The time for food aid reform is now By Stephanie Mercier, Ph.D., and Vincent Smith, Ph.D. The Hill
Clean water is essential to health care around the globe By William Reilly The Hill
Clean water is health By Toyin Ojora-Saraki DevEx
Congress can make it better for Americans to do business in the international economy By Tim Docking The Hill
Commentary: How to avert more death and despair in Gaza By Galen Guengerich Reuters News
APRIL 2018
The slow-building genocide we can stop By Gary Edmonds The Hill
Tackling hygiene in hospitals with HappyTap By Lindsay Denny WaterSHED
The world's hidden health crisis By Bruce Wilkinson The Hill
Beating pandemic disease in Gaza By Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani and Munqeth Mehyar The Hill
MARCH 2018
Why Foreign Assistance Really Works: Communities Graduate From Extreme Poverty By Mike Meyers The Christian Post
Way to Go, Ted Poe! By Susan Barnett The Hill
Launch of International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development" 2018-2028 Remarks by Mr. António Guterres of Portugal, United Nations Secretary-General
Fostering Clean Water Requires Long-term Commitment By Gary Edmonds The Hill
Clean Water for All: How Well is Philanthropy Tackling One of Humanity's Biggest Problems? By Jon Pattee Inside Philanthropy
Water: A Decade of Bipartisan Success by John Oldfield The Hill
Time for the Pentagon to create a system to better track its spending By Tommy Ross The Hill
FEBRUARY 2018
Commentary: The best way to fix U.S. diplomacy By Sen. Richard G. Lugar and Thomas Pickering Reuters News
US foreign assistance a boon to survivors of sex violence By Dr. Bill Clemmer The Hill
Why Organizations Need Values-Driven Hope By Gary Edmonds Red Letter Christians
Opinion: Beyond aid — 7 steps to responsible transition By Stephanie Cappa Devex
Love, marriage and food for the heart By Gary Edmonds Religion News Service
Trump vs. “disease X” By Julia Belluz Vox
Commentary: To make peace in the Middle East, focus first on water By Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, and Munqeth Mehyar Reuters News
From Hurricanes in the U.S. to the Plight of Refugees – Where Is Hope? By Matt Ellingson The Christian Post
Want to Improve Development Outcomes? Anticipate Failures. Here's How. By Susan Davis Devex
JANUARY 2018
Congress can't shortchange America’s humanitarian responses By Sean Callahan and Abby Maxman The Hill
A Beer with Bill Gates by Mike Paddock Inside Philanthropy
DECEMBER 2017
Clean water should be our next global accomplishment By Susan Barnett and Sarina Prabasi The Hill
Water strategy represents an emerging opportunity for US national security By John Oldfield The Hill
Community Rallies Behind MFAN Effectiveness Principles By Jill MacArthur MFAN News
Foreign assistance should be directed where the need and impact are greatest By Bill O’Keefe The Hill
NOVEMBER 2017
The national security emergency we’re not talking about By Madeleine K. Albright The Washington Post
In Africa, defense without diplomacy and development is a losing strategy By Former Ambassador Daniel Speckhard The Hill
OCTOBER 2017
Stewart and Frist: The indispensable role of America in the world By Chris Stewart and Bill Frist The Salt Lake Tribune
A Vital Foreign Policy Tool Under Threat By Rabbi David A. Teutsch Jewish Exponent
Ending world hunger must remain an American priority By Rev. David Beckmann and Michelle Nunn The Des Moines Register
Puerto Rico shows how much of the world fares when disaster strikes By Former Ambassador Daniel Speckhard The Hill
Migration is a Hunger Issue: Honduras By Jordan Teague Bread For the World
After the Storm, Churches and Relief Organizations Don’t Share the Same Call By Richard Stearns Christianity Today
SEPTEMBER 2017
Melinda Gates on Why Foreign Aid Still Matters By Olga Khazan The Atlantic
Dear Secretary Tillerson: Don’t Downsize Religion in Foreign Affairs By Mae Elise Cannon Christianity Today
How the State Department Has Sidelined Religion’s Role in Diplomacy By Shaun Casey Religion & Politics
A Time for Moral Accounting for Ourselves and Our Nation By U.S. Senator Ben Cardin American Jewish World Service
New Gates Foundation Report Highlights Remarkable Progress Against Global Poverty and Disease, Warns Future Progress in Jeopardy
AUGUST 2017
The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank By Sophie Hares Thomson Reuters Foundation
Whatever Happened To ... Those Farmers Who Needed Shoes? By Michaeleen Doucleff NPR News
JULY 2017
Faith communities offer a pathway to ending AIDS in Africa By Michel Sidibé Religion News Service
JUNE 2017
Foreign Aid Is About U.S. Interests By Daniel Runde Foreign Policy
The stakes are too high to cut back American diplomacy and leadership By Liz Schrayer The Hill
MAY 2017
American Leadership — We Can’t Do It for Free By Colin Powell The New York Times
Trump foreign aid cuts hurt world's mothers By Senator Chris Coons, Senator Jeff Merkley and Michelle Nunn USA Today
Essay: $500 That Traveled the World By Margaret Muldrow NBC News
A Better Way to Help the World By Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and Chris Coons (D-DL) The New York Times
Water Is Global (In)Security By John Oldfield Forbes
Five key principles for US foreign assistance success By Carolyn Miles and the Reverend David Beckmann The Hill
Faith-based aid groups are grateful to Congress for funding By Jean Duff The Hill
Faith in a Glass of Water By Susan Barnett The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Diplomacy and foreign aid are pillars of American global leadership By Dan Glickman The Hill
APRIL 2017
Now Is Not The Time To Shirk American Leadership In The World By Senator Richard G. Lugar (Ret.) and Representative Jim Kolbe (Ret.) Forbes
Ebola Showed Government and Faith Groups Need Each Other By Bob Blees The Christian Post
Water & Teranga By Naomi Shank OnFaith
MARCH 2017
U.S. Foreign Aid: One Percent Saves Lives Newsweek
Faith leaders lobby Congress against foreign aid cuts Fox News
What I've Learned as a Doctor in Ethiopia By Dr. Margaret “Migs” Muldrow TIME
The future of religion and U.S. foreign policy under Trump By Peter Mandaville The Brookings Institution
Why Trump and Congress Should Maintain Foreign Aid The Christian Post
Humanitarian assistance and national security are two sides of the same coin By Lucas Koach, director of Public Policy and Advocacy for Food for the Hungry The Hill
8 Things You Can Do To Welcome the Refugee Christ OnFaith
One Important Word That Appears in the Bible 722 Times The Christian Post
Cristian: A Story of Water By Susan Barnett OnFaith
Faith in a Glass of Water By Susan Barnett and Brian McLaren Sojourners
World Water Day: 7 Ways to Make a Difference The Christian Post
FEBRUARY 2017
Aid groups see Trump’s travel restrictions as 'a huge step backwards' Los Angeles Times
Executive Orders Relating to Immigrants and Refugees By Archbishop John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe OnFaith
Evangelical Leaders from All 50 States Urge President Trump to Reconsider Reduction in Refugee Resettlement February 8, 2017
JANUARY 2017
Why 2017 May Be the Best Year Ever The New York Times
Mattis and Tillerson have a chance to strengthen US global leadership By Michelle Nunn, CEO Care and Chris Policinski, CEO Land O'Lakes The Hill
Secretary's Remarks: National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness January 11, 2017 U.S. Department of State
Blessed by Water By Susan Barnett and Haik Kocharian OnFaith
DECEMBER 2016
World AIDS Day: Unexpected allies in the fight against HIV By Bruce Wilkinson, President and CEO of Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), and Garrett Grigsby, Executive Director of Christian Connections for International Health The Hill
3 Humanitarian Crises The World Needs To Pay More Attention To In 2017 By Michael Bowers, Vice President of Humanitarian Leadership and Response, Mercy Corps HuffPo
Surprise! Our government and Congress do work! By Carolyn Y. Woo, outgoing president & CEO of Catholic Relief Services The Hill
NOVEMBER 2016
Our greatest quest yet: 5 reasons we’re hopeful for the future on USAID’s 55th anniversary By Gayle Smith USAID
Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded The New York Times
OCTOBER 2016
God comes first, water second The Guardian
A banner year for U.S. leadership on aid effectiveness By George Ingram, Carolyn Miles and Connie Veillette The Hill
Hoping to extend ‘Let Girls Learn’ beyond 2017, the Obamas lay out a road map The Washington Post
Africa unplugged The Economist
American public, foreign policy experts sharply disagree over involvement in global economy By Jacob Poushter Pew Research Center
2016 is the deadliest year yet for migrants crossing the Mediterranean, with 3,800 deaths, UN agency says CNN
To curb deaths from disasters, end poverty: U.N. chief Thomson Reuters Foundation
In Uganda, Abayudaya Jews Fight for Survival — One Well at a Time By Susan Barnett and Jason Nevarez Forward
Thinking Outside The Ballot Box: How Your Vote Could Affect World Hunger By Nora Faris AgWeb
An Entirely Curable Disease Is A Top 10 Killer Around The World The Huffington Post
Melinda Gates on why, despite everything, the world just keeps getting better Vox
‘A famine unlike any we have ever seen’ The Washington Post
SEPTEMBER 2016
The Surprise Bipartisan Success Story of Congress: American Aid By Liz Schrayer, President and CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition TIME
U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility by the Fragility Study Group
AUGUST 2016
Hillary Clinton Woos Catholic and Evangelical Leaders With Global Development TIME
Refugees become first-time voters in the US CNN
Pope Francis meets women rescued from sex trade By Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service
Affirming Life by Affirming the Stranger in Our Midst By Sharon L. Miller Patheos
Faith and Aid in Brief: FIA News August 2016 featuring Sen. Bob Corker, Human Trafficking, Faith Leaders' work in action
What I witnessed in Berlin last week By Rabbi Jason Nevarez The Hill
Immigration, Refugees, and Faith Traditions Series on Patheos
Entangled Injustices: Refugees, Water, Human Trafficking By Rev. Cameron Trimble and Susan Barnett Patheos
Paradise, Disturbed: The Torah on Strangers By Rabbi Ari Hart Patheos
JULY 2016
Congress Takes Bipartisan Stand Against Global Hunger
Global Food Security Act Passes Congress, Includes Important Aid Effectiveness Principles
Lutheran World Relief Applauds Passage of the Global Food Security Act
APLU Statement Praising the Passage of the Global Food Security Act
Global Food Security Act Key to Long-Term US Global AG Strategy
CRS Joins in Praise for Global Security Act
Save the Children Celebrates Final Passage of the Global Food Security Act to Fight Child Hunger and Malnutrition
Congress Passes World Hunger Bill
AGree Celebrates Final Passage of Global Food Security Act
U.S. Congress Passes the Global Food Security Act
Congrats! Congress just passed the Global Food Security Act
Now is the time for the US to change its approach to food security
Congress takes an important step toward ending hunger
Oxfam commends House passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016
CARE Applauds Historic Passage of the Global Food Security Act
InterAction Global Food Security Act Thank You Letter
The United States Announces Additional $170 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Ethiopia USAID
Released July 2016: This overview of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals highlights the most significant global gaps and challenges. Latest data shows that about one in eight people still live in extreme poverty, nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger, and water scarcity affects more that 2 billion people.
LDS Church has Spent 1.2 Billion on Welfare and Humanitarian Efforts World Religion News
Gambia Bans Child Marriage, Punishes Violators With 20 Years In Jail HuffPost
JUNE 2016
Faith and Aid in Brief: June 2016
Secretary Kerry's Remarks on World Refugee Day 2016
Former Military Leaders: 3 Lessons for Our Next Commander-in-Chief By General James Conway & Admiral James M. Loy TIME
Setting the Global Table By Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter Patheos
From Mission to Graduation: A New Model for 21st Century Missions By Gary Edmonds, President, Food for the Hungry Patheos
PEPFAR Announces New $100 Million Investment Fund to Expand Access to Proven HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for Key Populations Relief Web
2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS sets world on the Fast-Track to end the epidemic by 2030 FIA News
Faith community issues call to action: end AIDS by 2030 World Council of Churches
A New Model for 21st Century Missions: an Introduction By Gary Edmonds, President, Food for the Hungry Patheos
We Can Change History By Gary Edmonds, President, Food for the Hungry Patheos
A Triple Blessing on Capitol Hill By Anita Moreland Smith, President, Children’s AIDS Fund International FIA News
21st Century Mission: Graduating Families to Non-Violence By Gary Edmonds, President, Food for the Hungry Patheos
Optimizing Rural Faith-Based Health Provision in Support of the SDGs by Bruce Wilkinson, CEO Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
MAY 2016
Why a Congressional child survival prayer in celebration? By Gary Edmonds & Lisa Bos The Hill
Faith-based groups need greater role in aid distribution, Cardinal Tagle tells humanitarian summit Catholic Herald
Israel opens pavilion at World Humanitarian Summit The Times of Israel
“When NGO’s leave, faith communities remain”, World Humanitarian Summit hears Anglican Communion News Service
Baha'i community participates in first World Humanitarian Summit Bahá’í World News Service
Panel at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul to highlight often overlooked role of faith groups Religion News Service
APRIL 2016
April 4, 2016: A bipartisan group of 18 former senators issued a stark warning to sitting senators noting that funding for International Affairs base funding has declined 30% since FY10. “We fear the United States is not keeping pace with growing challenges." Click here to read their important letter.
Nepal Rebuilding Progresses Slowly a Year After Earthquake By Raymond Zhong The Wall Street Journal
Don't shortchange foreign aid By General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret.) and Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) POLITICO
Time to Think Bigger about the Refugee Crisis By Bono The New York Times
Obama Dreams of an AIDS-Free Generation By Andrew Green Foreign Policy
With aid under attack, let's be honest about how we spend taxpayers' money By Simon O’Connell The Guardian
Syrian refugees welcomed as neighbors in Hyattsville Hyattsville Community Newspaper
50th Anniversary of the Red Sea Parting By Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz and Susan Barnett, Faiths for Safe Water Patheos
There’s a Place in India Where Religions Coexist Beautifully and Gender Equality Is Unmatched By Chandran Nair HuffPost
MARCH 2016
USAID Administrator, Gayle Smith, lays out goals in her first policy speech since taking office DevEx
Full text of Administrator Smith’s speech
U.S. support needed to help volunteers save lives globally By Bill Frist, M.D., and Jenny Eaton Dyer, Ph.D The Post and Courier
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Dozens of Faith Leaders Descend on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C., March 2, 2016 – Dozens of faith leaders representing millions of faithful voters will descend on Capitol Hill today...read more
FEBRUARY 2016
How Ethiopia Can Overcome the Worst Drought in 50 Years By Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, President, Lutheran World Relief TIME
JANUARY 2016
The Trials and Tribulations of Snow: On Fighting for Safe Water for All By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water Patheos
The Silent Violence By Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, President, Auburn Seminary and Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water The Hill
DECEMBER 2015
The Danger of Not Reporting Success By Emily Douglas The Hill
Syrian Refugees: If Not Now, When? By Rabbi Ari Hart, Cofounder Uri L'tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice, New York The Hill
NOVEMBER 2015
The Safe Motherhood Project By Bruce Wilkinson, President/CEO, Catholic Medical Mission Board The Hill
Psalm 126 and a Chicken By Gary Edmonds, President/CEO, Food for the Hungry The Hill
SEPTEMBER 2015
Pope Francis is Thirsty By Rev. Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed, Florida and Susan Barnett, founder Faiths for Safe Water The Hill
Refugees are Not a Risk to National Security By Anne Speckhard, PhD, Security and Defense expert, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry Georgetown University School of Medicine TIME
Partnerships Matter for All God's Children By Cardinal Timothy Dolan The Hill
Instability and Assault on the Poor Requires us to Respond By Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, President, Lutheran World Relief The Hill
JULY 2015
Why a Toilet is a Great Birthday Present By Susan Barnett, Faiths for Safe Water The Hill
JUNE 2015
Wisely Spent Foreign Aid Saves Lives By Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) DevEx
Tired of Bad News? Read This. By The Rev. H. Julian Gordy, Bishop, Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Hill
MAY 2015
Remarkable Progress: But a Long Way to Go Beating Infectious Diseases By Senator John Boozman (R-AR) DevEx
Way to Go, Ted Poe! By Susan Barnett, Faiths for Safe Water Rep. Poe's Newsroom
Nepal and Why Americans Need to Stop Complaining About U.S. Foreign Aid By Gary Edmonds, President/CEO, Food for the Hungry Sojourners
Targeted Aid Can Make a Positive Difference By Brian McLaren, Christian author/speaker DevEx
APRIL 2015
Bill Gates' Big Fear By Susan Barnett, founder, Faiths for Safe Water The Hill
Water and the Angel of Death By Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago The Hill
FEBRUARY 2015
Lead Letter: In support of foreign aid By The Rev. Robert Vernon Lee III, Founding chairman and CEO of FreshMinistries, and R. Wayne Rieley, CEO, Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida The Florida Times-Union
JANUARY 2015
9 Reasons Why this is the Age of Miracles By Michael Elliott, TIME
Good Things Can Happen and that Inspires Hope By Malcolm S. Morris, Chairman, Millennium Water Alliance Roll Call
DECEMBER 2014
The Unseen Effects of Ebola By Bruce Wilkinson, President, Catholic Medical Mission Board Roll Call
Ebola’s missing solution By The Very Reverend James Kowalski, Dean, St. John the Divine, New York The Hill
NOVEMBER 2014
Let's Cross the Finish Line Together By Minda Dentler, first woman handcyclist to complete Kona Ironman Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Helping Others During the Holidays interview with Rev. David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World State of Belief Radio
Ebola: Be a Healer By Rev. Dr. Galen Guengerich, Senior Pastor, All Soul's Unitarian Universalist, New York HuffPost News
The Missing Element in the Fight Against Ebola By Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York Roll Call
The missing element By Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York The Hill
Thank Big Government for the Toilet By David Callahan Demos
Needed: U.S. Quarantine Policy Based on Facts Not Fear By Dr. Christine Sow, CEO, Global Health Council Roll Call
AUGUST 2014
U.S. foreign aid is saving children's lives all over the world By Sam Daley-Harris, Founder, RESULTS The New Jersey Times
Something to Celebrate By Sam Daley-Harris, founder, RESULTS Roll Call
MAY 2014
Morality of Preparation By Rev. John McCullough, President/CEO, Church World Service and Rev. David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World The Hill
MARCH 2014
Much to Do About Syria By Galen Carey, Vice President, National Association of Evangelicals The Hill
God is Counting on Us By Sr. Simone Campbell SSS, Executive Director, NETWORK On Faith
JANUARY 2014
US Foreign Aid: Critical, Misunderstood By Rebecca J. Tollefson, Executive director Ohio Council of Churches The Columbus Dispatch